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Appointed as Commissioner in July 2022, with the task of reforming the Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Mark Rowley is a leader in national security, policing, crisis and risk management and transformation.
Widely recognised as a resilient, strategic and thoughtful leader during his policing career spanning more than three decades, Sir Mark Rowley began as the 29th Commissioner on 12th September 2022. As the first Commissioner with the privilege of swearing his allegiance to His Majesty The King, he pledges to bring More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards to the Metropolitan Police Service. He returns to policing having dedicated the last four years to helping a range of organisations find innovative and imaginative solutions to some of society’s most complex challenges; mental ill health, extremism, online abuse and illicit finance. Sir Mark has led and developed diverse teams whilst tackling some of the UK’s toughest policing challenges. A Cambridge University graduate who began his policing career in the West Midlands, he handled the violence during the London riots and secured the highest levels of public confidence in the country when Surrey Police’s Chief Constable. After leading the UK’s Counter-Terrorism policing operations nationally as Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations, Sir Mark received his Knighthood in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours for his “exceptional contribution to national security at a time of unprecedented threat and personally providing reassuring national leadership through the attacks of 2017”. Sir Mark is a passionate advocate of helping public sector organisations embrace technology-led innovations. Since 2018 he has focused on pioneering routes to help policing and security agencies unlock their full potential. As Executive Chair of two emerging tech companies, he brought together new methodologies with expertise, to help in security contexts and also improve crisis preparedness in the commercial sector. Sir Mark is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute; on the National Preparedness Commission; on the Academic Advisory Board of the Policy Exchange Liveable London Unit; on the Global Advisory Board of the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham; and on the Commission for Smart Government. Sir Mark co-authored ‘Operating with Impunity’ with the Commission for Countering Extremism, making recommendations to Government for a step change in the law’s ability to tackle modern extremism. Earlier this year, prior to rejoining policing, Sir Mark published his debut novel ‘The Sleep of Reason’, which he co-wrote with Former Head of Counter Terrorism, David Derbyshire. |